Rodeo Drive – The Podcast

Rodeo Drive, now world-renowned, began as little more than a bridle path. Pioneering designers, hoteliers and entrepreneurs transformed it into a rival to New York’s Fifth Avenue — with sun, palm trees and Hollywood sizzle. Rodeo Drive-The Podcast brings a taste of this famed three-block stretch in Beverly Hills to listeners around the world.

Welcome to Season 5 of Rodeo Drive - The Podcast! Tune in for more fascinating conversations with leading international figures in fashion, design and architecture, hospitality, media and entertainment. Hear Cameron Silver on the revival of the caftan, Sophie and Didier Guillon of La Maison Valmont on bringing ultra-luxe skin care to the capital of beauty culture, Maximilian Büsser on his “radical” watchmaking adventure with his horological friends, and much more. Guests will share personal stories and insights with host Lyn Winter, who brings you behind the scenes on the world’s best-known three blocks in retail. Listen, subscribe, rate and review on Apple Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

Season 5 follows four seasons of conversations with fashion, design, art, architecture and entertainment luminaries, retailers, collectors, chroniclers, makers and creators, including Mattia Agazzi, Nicolas Bijan, Joan Juliet Buck, Ruth E. Carter, Nicole Chapoteau, Michael Chow, Anne-Lise Cremona, Carolina Cucinelli, Jeffrey Deitch, Simon Doonan, José Eber, Pari Ehsan, Sara Gay Forden, David Foster, Steven Gaines, Robert Hayman, Stephen Jones OBE, Iris Ko, Jay Leno, Humberto Leon, Ming Liu, Faye McLeod, Amanda Mille, Booth Moore, Wolfgang Puck, Stefano Ricci, Dame Zandra Rhodes, Royal Kennedy Rodgers, Antwaun Sargent, Dirk Schönberger, Tamtam, Kathy Vance, Rayni Williams, Sergio Zambon, and Alyssa Payne and Sebastian the Standard Poodle.

Season 5 of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, and the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau.

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Listen back: Trust Your Voice: Ruth E. Carter, Fashion and Protest

Originally published on: June 11, 2020. As this week marks the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd and the beginning of the pivotal Black Lives Matter protests that ensued and shook up the globe - including Rodeo Drive - we invite you to listen back to costume designer, Ruth E. Carter , the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Costume Design for Marvel’s “Black Panther” in conversation with host Bronwyn Cosgrave. Tune in to hear about Carter’s path to success – cos...

May 24, 2021•24 min

Listen back: Meet Moncler Genius Sergio Zambon and His Los Angeles Collaborators

Originally published on: September 3, 2020. As Rodeo Drive reopens to the world and as luxury brand Moncler prepares to unveil a new flagship on the street this summer, we invite you to listen back to the story of the brand's collection inspired by Los Angeles. While collaborations between brands are in vogue, teaming up with a city was an innovative approach that Creative Director Sergio Zambon adopted for the 2 Moncler 1952 menswear collection. He tapped four edgy LA creatives — AD.iii, Baltha...

May 18, 2021•37 min

Listen back: Every Detail is The Universe – Michael Chow’s Design for Giorgio Armani

Originally published on: June 25, 2020. As visitors from around the world return to Rodeo Drive, we invite you to listen back and celebrate one of the visionaries who created it: Michael Chow . He is a restaurateur, an artist, and the designer of Giorgio Armani’s flagship mega boutique on Rodeo Drive. When the store opened its doors in 1988, people were stunned at the 13,000 square feet interior with a sweeping staircase, white gold leaf and glorious light. It inspired Armani’s famed uplit runwa...

May 10, 2021•26 min

Listen back: Noseprints Against The Glass: Windows By Simon Doonan and LVMH’s Faye Mcleod and Ansel Thompson

Originally published on: July 23, 2020. As window displays along Rodeo Drive are refreshed with new collections and boutiques are now open for regular business hours, we invite you to listen back to three legendary window designers talk about their work: Simon Doonan , former Creative Director for Barneys, and LVMH’s Faye McLeod and Ansel Thompson . Hear why window shopping is an art form for everyone to enjoy, and what it takes to create boutique windows that astonish passersby– from rats in tu...

May 04, 2021•39 min

Listen back: By Appointment Only, at The House of Bijan

Originally published on: July 9, 2020. As Rodeo Drive reopens its doors to the world, we invite you to join host Bronwyn Cosgrave to revisit the unique story of clothing designer Bijan Pakzad and the ultra-luxury menswear store he created. Four decades after young Bijan Pakzad packed his bags and left Iran, he had become the “world’s most expensive designer”, sought after by presidents and basketball stars. Join his son, Nicolas , CEO and co-owner of the House of Bijan as he takes listeners on a...

Apr 27, 2021•34 min

Listen back: It Smelled Like Money: The Story of Giorgio Beverly Hills

Originally published on: May 28, 2020. Rodeo Drive is reopening and back to a new normal as Covid-19 restrictions are eased. As we look forward to the 93rd Oscars®, which will be broadcast around the globe this Sunday, April 25, 2021, we invite you to listen back to the story of Rodeo Drive retailer and Giorgio Beverly Hills founder Fred Hayman, who in 1990 took over as fashion consultant to the Oscars, establishing a dressing service at his boutique, where stars could buy or borrow clothes for ...

Apr 20, 2021•28 min

Flying High: The Story of Stefano Ricci

The House of Stefano Ricci offers a world of ultra-luxury menswear and high-flying lifestyle goods to a client list that has included President Vladimir Putin, Nelson Mandela and Pope Francis. As the label approaches its fiftieth anniversary, Rodeo Drive-The Podcast celebrates the rise of this tight-knit family firm as it expanded from designing ties to becoming a global luxury fashion brand while remaining rooted in the renaissance city of Florence. Host Bronwyn Cosgrave talks to Stefano Ricci ...

Apr 13, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 4

Kick the Sweatpants, Get Ready to Dress

We are coming out of lockdown. Is it time to dump the sweatpants? As business returns to Rodeo Drive with newly announced Red Tier reopenings and a series of much awaited awards ceremonies on the calendar, fresh looks and wardrobe renewal are top of mind. In this episode, host Bronwyn Cosgrave talks to three fashion thought leaders; Owner and Agent at The Beverly Hills Estates Rayni Williams , Stanford Law Professor and author of the acclaimed new book “Dress Codes: How The Laws of Fashion Made ...

Mar 23, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 3

Two Rodeo Drive: The Street of Dreams

When one Rodeo Drive was not enough, they built Two Rodeo Drive . In the late 1980s, the visionary San Francisco real estate developer Douglas Stitzel burst onto the scene with an idea for a new, European-style shopping complex. Located on the corner of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard, it would work like a companion to the world’s leading luxury thoroughfare. Today it is lined with a restaurant and boutiques operated by some of the greatest names in fashion retail including Etro , Lanvin , Ve...

Mar 02, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 2

From Runway to Screen: Reimagining the Fashion Show

As fashion houses are pivoting from classic runway presentations to immersive and digital formats, a new type of fashion film is emerging after a year in lockdown spent staring at screens. Host Bronwyn Cosgrave discusses the reimagining of the fashion show with industry insiders; fashion photographer Robert Fairer , author, editor-at-large at Air Mail and special correspondent to Vanity Fair Amy Fine Collins , fashion and culture journalist and bestselling author Dana Thomas and fashion photogra...

Feb 09, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Rodeo Drive–The Podcast Season Two Trailer

Hosted by Bronwyn Cosgrave , season two of Rodeo Drive–The Podcast brings to listeners around the world the stories from the makers, creators, architects and designers, who dreamed up Rodeo Drive and helped establish Los Angeles as a global style capital. The podcast also highlights what’s next in fashion, luxury and entertainment, as a new era for the iconic thoroughfare unfolds in response to unprecedented challenges and change. In the first episode, listeners will hear about the future of the...

Jan 25, 2021•3 min

Meet Moncler Genius Sergio Zambon and His Los Angeles Collaborators

Collaborations between brands are in vogue. But what about teaming up with a city: Los Angeles? When Sergio Zambon created the 2 Moncler 1952 menswear collection he tapped four edgy LA creatives – AD.iii , Balthazar Getty, Libertine and Undefeated – for a cross cultural blend of Moncler ’s classic quilting with LA’s shine and street smarts. In this episode, Bronwyn Cosgrave talks to Zambon about the unusual mash-up, and why LA is a magnet for designers right now. "It's the city that lately chang...

Sep 03, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 8

High Style on the Road – From Jay Leno to James Bond

Rodeo Drive - The Podcast takes to the open road, exploring the fabulous car culture on Rodeo Drive. “Rodeo Drive is a fashion street, and along with that comes jewelry, watches, and cars,” says Bruce Meyer , founding chairman of the Petersen Automotive Museum and founder of the Rodeo Drive Concours d'Elegance, the show of collectible cars that brings thousands of people to Rodeo Drive each Father’s Day. Host Bronwyn Cosgrave talks to Rodeo Drive’s favorite car fanatic: comedian Jay Leno. Leno, ...

Aug 21, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Rodeo Drive and The Red Carpet: The Show Must Go On

Hollywood and fashion are joined at the hip. But what happens when a pandemic puts a hold on red carpet ceremonies? Enter the VIP world of Rodeo Drive , with secret back entryways and private fitting rooms. Hear how stylists, brands and designers turn actors into fashion icons. Stylists Alexandra Mandelkorn talks about working with Janelle Monáe to create the most sensational outfit at the 2020 Oscars, and Mary Fellowes explains how she made Olivia Colman the queen of the 2019 red carpet. Host B...

Aug 07, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Noseprints Against The Glass - Windows by Simon Doonan and LVMH’s Faye McLeod and Ansel Thompson

Window shopping is an art form for everyone to enjoy, even in an era of phone gazing and online retail. In this episode three legendary window designers talk with host Bronwyn Cosgrave about their work: Simon Doonan , former Creative Director for Barneys, and LVMH's Faye McLeod and Ansel Thompson . They talk about the three-second rule for window dressers, and what it takes to create boutique windows that astonish passersby, from rats in tuxedos to collaborations with world-renowned visionaries ...

Jul 24, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 5

By appointment only, at the House of Bijan

In the early 1970s a young clothing designer named Bijan Pakzad packed his bags and left Iran, dreaming of conquering America. Four decades later the building that housed the original Bijan boutique on Rodeo Drive was purchased by LVMH for $122 million, and Bijan had become the “world’s most expensive designer,” sought after by presidents and basketball stars. Bijan’s son Nicolas, CEO and co-owner of the House of Bijan , takes listeners on a tour of the storied, by-appointment-only boutique, and...

Jul 10, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Every Detail is The Universe - Michael Chow’s Design for Giorgio Armani

When Giorgio Armani opened his flagship mega boutique on Rodeo Drive in 1988 people were stunned at the 13,000 square feet interior with a sweeping staircase, white gold leaf and glorious light. It was created by Michael Chow , legendary restaurateur and artist. It inspired Armani’s famed uplit runway, became a Hollywood hot spot, and set the trend for retailers to team up with famous architects: think Prada and Rem Koolhaas; Louis Vuitton , Chanel and Peter Marino ; Valentino Menswear, Bally an...

Jun 26, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Trust Your Voice - Ruth E. Carter, Fashion and Protest

COVID-19 and now the Black Lives Matter protests have shaken up the globe, and that includes Rodeo Drive . Bronwyn Cosgrave talks to Ruth E. Carter, the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for Marvel’s “BLACK PANTHER”, and a preeminent voice in Afro aesthetics. In Trust Your Voice: Ruth E. Carter, Fashion and Protest , Cosgrave and Carter discuss her path to success – costuming more than 40 acclaimed feature films – and its impact on future generations, as we...

Jun 12, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 2

It Smelled Like Money - The Story of Giorgio Beverly Hills

Giorgio Beverly Hills made Rodeo Drive a fashion destination, and gave the world an unforgettable perfume. An all-star cast – Robert Hayman, the son of Giorgio founder Fred Hayman , known as “The Godfather of Rodeo Drive”; Dame Zandra Rhodes ; author Rose Apodaca ; and Decades owner Cameron Silver – tells the story of the “quirky” boutique’s creation, its star-studded heyday and how Giorgio innovated much that is central to high fashion and retailing today. Stephen Jones OBE , and perfumers Roja...

May 29, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Rodeo Drive - The Podcast Trailer

Rodeo Drive , now world-renowned, began as little more than a bridle path. Pioneering designers, hoteliers and entrepreneurs transformed it into a rival to New York’s Fifth Avenue -- with sun, palm trees and Hollywood sizzle. How did it happen? Is it a street or a state of mind? How does it adapt to change? Rodeo Drive –The Podcast brings you the stories of the people who imagined the inimitable, three-block stretch in Beverly Hills, bringing showmanship and glamour to retail excellence. Tune in...

May 20, 2020•3 min

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